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The 2023 Global Innovation Design Workshop culminated on November 1st 2023 when student participants from the University of Nairobi were awarded their certificates. We partnered with the Engineering World Health Organization to develop the program which taught participants about the design of biomedical equipment for low-resource regions.

Special thanks to Dr. Thomas Mbuya (Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering) for presenting the certificates and Professor George Rading for organizing the ceremony as well as supporting the program. Mungu atukuzwe!

10 teams successfully presented biomedical equipment innovations during the Global Innovation Design Workshop. Students from UCB and UoN developed 10 creative solutions ranging from solar-powered autoclaves to portable oxygen concentrators. Congratulations to the teams! 🎊

Students from University of California Berkeley and the University of Nairobi have been grouped and are working towards completing their assignments as well as developing solutions to resource-poor regions’ biomedical equipment problems.

The Global Innovation Workshop is indeed in full swing!

The virtual Global Innovation Workshop is drawing to an end and the team is tying up the program.

The Global Innovation Workshop Featured on the Fung Institute News.

The Virtual Global Innovation Workshop is on! Medical Innovation for low resource areas is key to growth.

Thank you to Daily Cal for featuring the Virtual Global Innovation Workshop and interviewing our participants from UC Berkeley and the University of Nairobi.

Read more about the workshop on the link below: https://dailycal.org/2023/06/08/uc-berkeley-and-university-of-nairobi-collaborate-on-biomedical-equipment-design-for-low-resource-settings

Students from the University of Nairobi and the University of California, Berkeley will be challenged to come up with a solution to a need faced by hospitals in low-resource settings under the guidance of trained Engineering World Health facilitators. Over the course of the program, they will cover concepts for biomedical design, collaboration, ethics, and entrepreneurship as these topics relate to engineering for low-resource environments. Join us in raising funds for 10 more students to participate!

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